What topic did everyone do for their major Project? (2 Viewers)

[petayani]

I did

"Was Nero responsible for the fire of Rome in 64AD"

Focussing on the historians and their context and the changing oppinions and myths of Nero, in the creation of the rumour. Right up to the Burning software "Nero". 45/50. I was happy. :giddy:

haw, mad! I did Eusebius' version of the fire of Rome and looked into how everyone thinks Nero persecuted the Christians as scapegoats after it, or so says Tacitus. Pretty coo, turns out Tacitus is really the only mentions who mentions such a thing, yet everyone takes it as fact. Started off real boring but got quite good towards the end when I actually started doing some work

 

[iceman_leith]

Well i did the best topic, and none of you thought of it ....quite simply you'll agree
The sinking of the HMAS Sydney

 

[bahodl]

my essay was all about the purpose of the mysterious incan city machu picchu

My question was:

Machu Picchu: Remote Refuge, Religious Residence or Royal Resort?
"Analyse the reasons for the development of historiographical debate in explaining the purpose of Machu Picchu to the Incas"

id post it up but i dont think anybody would read it

 

[gemita]

I did the US involvement in the military coup in Chile, 1973. Lots of fun, all very serious conspiracy stories (actually most of them were true), paying out Nixon and Kissinger, then paying out Hersh for paying out Kissinger....nah, in all seriousness, I actually enjoyed writing the thing, it was fascinating. 40/40 woooooo!

 

[mittens]

my essay was all about the purpose of the mysterious incan city machu picchu

My question was:

Machu Picchu: Remote Refuge, Religious Residence or Royal Resort?
"Analyse the reasons for the development of historiographical debate in explaining the purpose of Machu Picchu to the Incas"

id post it up but i dont think anybody would read it

send it to me! i'll read it! i'm so fascinated by the incas!

 

[bahodl]

well here it is... hope the attachment works... lol btw it had to be under 1500 words and the essay itself is 1499 oh yeah hehe anyway enjoy its not that great - lol i lost a mark simply because i forgot to put page numbers in my footnotes... ah well

 

[ewesijok]

i think i am going to do a comparitive study of martin luther king and malcolm x and the whole civil rights movement thingy doova. Anyone got any pointers? kojisewe@hotmaill.com

 

[ms.cinderella]

mine was "assess the modern interpretations of the controversy surrounding the origins of the salem witch trials". it was really interesting researching for the essay cos there are so many theories out there and i didn't have trouble with resources, either. there are many books available if you look in the right places, and the web was very handy too. =)

 

[RyddeckerSMP]

Doing something on the Hilton bombing, and as such will either focus on the governments response to the Hilton bombing (might even link with Bali) or the reasons behind the Hilton bombing (including who did it), i'll be researching these holidays i think...

 

[Mustafa Mond]

I did my project on how various modern fictional works (namely bram stoker's "dracula" and it's derivatives) have affected interpretations of the historical personality Vlad Dracula ("the impaler"). A bit out there I know, but it was interesting. Materials a bit hard to find though

 

[Demandred]

I'm in the class of '04, I did the French Revolution. Basically I discussed the nature and causes of the revolution from major perspectives - marxists, revisionists and the post revisionists.

 

[charlie_charlie]

i did the salem witch hunts and the differing interpretations - v cool plus i got to read the crucible. Wow, I just realised Ms Cinderella did a similar topic to me - mayeb it was her who always stole the books out of the state library when i needed them

 

[Dixie Normous]

I did my project on how various modern fictional works (namely bram stoker's "dracula" and it's derivatives) have affected interpretations of the historical personality Vlad Dracula ("the impaler"). A bit out there I know, but it was interesting. Materials a bit hard to find though

if your still on this website, i would like to ask you a few questions, because your topic is very similar to mine in retrospect that im focusing on also the different interpretation of Vlad the Impaler, how the west romanitisized him with such books as Bram Stokers Dracula, how the ottomans hated him, and how the romanians viewed him as a national hero.
do you by any chance have an historians that specialise in romanian history emails?

cheers

emma

 

[MmmClag]

Josef Mengele. I want to look at the psychology of mengele and his work at the time he was in auschwitz...

Any help would be greatly appreciated...:wave:

 

[123erykb]

Im doing "The Black Athena Debate" ( whether or not Greece was colonised by the Egyptians) and the implications of this debate for race relations in the US. Anyone else doing this topic?

 

[MMalone]

Assess the motives of Hannibal Barca after the Battle of Cannae during the Second Punic War.

 

[MMalone]

I am under the assumption that you know most of this already but a bloody good source of information is from the German documentary producer Guido Knopp. I am not exactly sure if it would detail Mengele's psychology but it has a heap of information on Auschwitz and the Holocaust in general.

 

[MMalone]

Apologies there, I am shizerhaus with computers, previous message is directed at MmmClag.

 

[zodiac]

I picked Who was Jack the Ripper, comparing old conclusions to new conclusions
SCotto
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[FridayEvening]

I'm analysing the causes of the Civil War, with particular attention given to disproving the post-war Southern assertion that slavery wasn't the main cause.